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Actress Daniela Steinfeld confirmed that she was sexually assaulted by a person she knew and trusted, which she did in the documentary “Heal Me”, which was recently screened at the Sarajevo Film Festival, adding that after that only wanted to leave. country because she feared a new violation, as well as for her own life.
Daniela Steinfeld also said on the “Pressing” program that she could not report the rape because, when she tried to trust some close people, it was hinted that she could be the culprit for it. She did not rule out the possibility of revealing the name of the perpetrator to the prosecution and initiating the process.
– The person who raped me is an authority in me and in the profession. I personally would not call him a powerful man, but by default, a man, older, who has a higher position than me in our profession, gives him the supposed right to take over me and my body, word, trust, choice, take it and abuse it. . That position of power is very common in the case of rape, but it is not the rule – he pointed out.
He added that he did not make the movie so that someone would believe him or not. Asked if she would report the rapist to the competent authorities, Danijela confirmed that she was informed about the procedure initiated:
– I received some information from the police inspector, as far as the prosecution is concerned, and I and the law firm continue to collect information and it is not excluded, I can tell you – he said.
He adds that, above all, he never dreamed that he could make a film like this, and less with one so difficult, but that the film and its subject left a strong impression on the public, and that he prompted the authorities to act.
– The reason why the prosecution started the process is the power of the film and I am glad that the lawsuit began two weeks after the screening at the festival and this issue was opened to the public, which makes me very happy – says Daniela in the program.
When asked about the circumstances in which the rape occurred, Daniela said:
– We – each victim – are mostly attacked by someone close to us, when we know, respect, care and trust. This is a fact that is very difficult to take into account, and if you understand that someone is closer to you, then you understand that the circumstances under which abuse occurs are the most common.
When asked why she did not report when it happened, Daniela said:
– When you experience what I experienced, in those moments after that crime, after that trauma, terrible abuse, absolute insecurity, ignorance of whether you will ever be alive after that night … I, like other citizens of Serbia, do not know what to do. we work. We do not know which is the right path, and the worst thing is that we cannot find the strength to trust someone and we fear for our life and our future. I tried to tell that to some people close to me. I got a question from some close people: “Why were you close to him, why were you with that man in the car?” That man was someone with whom I was connected professionally and privately, this branch is very small and connected and we all know each other. And the question of what I was doing next to someone implies that I could have caused that situation in some way to cause that crime to happen and there was my shock and all my being abused… there I lost myself.
Daniela says she did everything she could to protect herself.
“I was afraid of being raped again and I just wanted to go somewhere where I felt safe.” She added that she experienced everything from the beginning while making the movie, but that she wanted to empower other victims to talk about what they survived. “I want to tell the victims that they are thinking if they should trust someone that everything will be easier after that. The most difficult thing is to pass that truth through the lips, for fear that someone will condemn it … We do not
Danijela also said why she won’t reveal the rapist’s name, and you’ll find it HERE.
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